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SHAD 2014 saw the largest cohort of students in our 34-year history complete the program and hone their leadership and innovation skills while being immersed in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and math). Over 600 students participated in the July program at 12 host university campuses across Canada.
Every year I'm struck by the quality of the participants and the potential that they have to contribute to society. These are young people who apply from across the country and internationally, to attend the program based on their academic record and extracurricular involvement. They may be from small communities where they are one of only a few exceptional students in their school, or from urban areas where they have peers but lack enriched curriculum to advance their interest in STEM and entrepreneurship.
SHAD provides the opportunity for these students to be exposed to expert university faculty and industry spokespeople by attending lectures, workshops and seminars, and to collaborate with peers on group projects and even a simulated startup project.
The primary goal of the program is to help students find what we refer to at SHAD as their Uncommon Purpose: to envision their future potential and understand where their purpose and drive can lead. Many participants refer to SHAD as a transformational experience, after which they look at the world and their place in it in a different way.
SHAD is committed to the mission of providing that transformational experience to unleash the entrepreneurial and innovative potential of exceptional youth. We believe that it can't be assumed that exceptional students will find their Uncommon Purpose without support. Just as potential star athletes are identified, coached and nurtured based on having the right attributes for success, we need to recognize key attributes and leadership traits of the most promising students and encourage them in their academic excellence.
In 2015, SHAD will celebrate its 35th anniversary, with more than 14,000 alumni living, working and contributing across Canada and beyond. It's an exciting milestone and a cause to celebrate the achievements of all our SHADs – with more innovation to come.
Jack Pal
October 23, 2014 at 12:53 PM
Barry, you have truly captured in my mind what Shad is all about. Although not an alumnus myself, I kind of feel like one. Being President of this organization from 1993-2003 was for me a transformational experience and the highlight of my career. I continue to follow Shad as it continues to evolve and project its Uncommon Purpose on a waiting cohort of Canada's future leaders. May you have continued success in this noble objective.
Mark Harnett
October 20, 2014 at 11:39 AM
I found it transformational when I attended in 1987 in Waterloo, and am very glad that Shad is still making a difference today.
Sarah Sturtevant
October 16, 2014 at 3:50 PM
Our daughter, Marisa, really enjoyed and learned from her SHAD experience at Laval this past July. We appreciated the opportunity to expose her to this kind of enrichment, academic challenge and mentoring from SHAD faculty and alumni. Thank you!
October 16, 2014 at 11:22 AM
As a SHAD parent, I can attest to the exceptional quality of the program. It was a transformational experience not just for my son, but for the entire family. I am praying that my daughter gets in as well. Thank you SHAD for the wonderful memories you gave my son, and for the life-changing summer!
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November 18, 2015
President Tammy Millican presided over the November 18, 2015, Staff Senate meeting held at the Louisiana State Capital in the House Chambers at 10:30 a.m.
Executive/Administrator/ Manager
A - Matkovic, Igor ('17)
P - Cherry, Aaron ('17)
P - Craddock, Jacquelyn ('16)
A - Hale, Robert ('16)
P - Hart, M.E. ('16)
P - Hendricks, Kendra ('16)
P - Perkins, Julie ('16)
P - DeRoche, Jon ('17)
P - Godfrey, Nikki ('17)
P - Kucharchuk, Kayla ('17)
P - Lopez, Ramon ('17)
P - Lowery, Michelle ('17)
P - Millican, Tammy ('17)
Pr - Nunes, Daniel ('17)
P - Reonas, Barbara ('17)
Pr - Spurlock, Maggi ('17)
P - Steib, Summer ('17)
P - Truitt, Trey ('17)
Pr - Villien, Douglas ('17)
P - Dufrene, Robert ('18)
P - Eldredge, George ('18)
P - Gomez, Jennifer ('18)
P - Ortiz, Shelly ('18)
P - Poret, Elizabeth ('18)
Pr - Springstead, Jennifer ('18)
P - Waguespack, Darcy ('18)
Skilled Crafts
P - Adedeji, Funmilayo ('16)
Pr - Owens, Kevin ('18)
P - Corbitt, Brent ('17)
P - Arnold, Nancy ('16)
A - Indicates Absent
P - Indicates Present
Pr - Indicates Proxy
Kenneth Miles, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Executive Director for the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes
Walter Holliday, Director for the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes
Dereck Rovaris, Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer for the Office of Diversity
Zachary Faircloth, Student Government
Brian Ainsworth, Campus Federal Credit Union
The meeting was called to order by President Tammy Millican at 10:30 a.m.
There was a quorum with five proxies noted.
Senator Brent Corbitt led the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES – October 21, 2015, Staff Senate Meetings
A motion to accept the minutes was made by Senator Jon DeRoche. The motion, seconded by Senator M.E. Hart, carried.
President Millican introduced Kenneth Miles, the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Executive Director of the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student Athletes. Dr. Miles lives his life according to the motto "be a man for others" and has a commitment to what he terms the "well rounded" student-athlete, originating from his time as a four year letterman at the University of Virginia. While he was there, he strove to be a positive influence, both to his teammates and the Charlottesville community, through his work mentoring youth in the Big Brother program and the Adopt-A-Grandparent program.
Kenneth Miles arrived at Syracuse University in 1997 as the Director for Academic Support, and under his academic direction the Syracuse football program notched a perfect 100 percent graduation rate in 2000, leading the nation, and earning the American Football Coaches Association Achievement Award. Dr. Miles later served as Assistant Dean for Student Services and Executive Director for Diversity Enrollment Management and Graduate Admissions at Syracuse University, and during that time, he created the Kenneth O. Miles Scholarship through the "Our Time Has Come" initiative, to assist students of color cover the costs of a college education.
Dr. Miles returned to the Syracuse Athletics Department as the Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Support Service in 2006, where his efforts and accomplishments in that department have been highly recognized by many different organizations. In 2008, Dr. Miles joined the LSU family as the Executive Director of the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes, helping the Center to maintain certification from the prestigious College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). Since his arrival, he has created a formal media training program, designed a media studio, implemented a digital signage plan, and upgraded the main computer lab. He also created the Student Learning Center, developed advisory boards for Professional/Career Development, Student Learning, Health & Wellness and Diversity, Institution and Civic Engagement, generated a 5 year strategic plan, renovated the Life Skills office, guided an instrumental overhaul of the center's website, renovated the tutorial center, and, having once been an art instructor himself, even partnered with the School of Art to house a permanent art exhibit entitled, "Thirty Years of LSU Printmaking."
In May 2012, Kenneth was named the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs in addition to his Executive Director position with the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes. The overall LSU graduation success rate for student athletes, particularly the football team, has soared since he arrived at LSU. In the words of Staff Senate President Tammy Millican, it takes two "Miles" to have a successful football team.
Kenneth Miles thanked the Senate and expressed appreciation for his wonderful introduction. He then proceeded to give the Staff Senate a description of the recruitment experience, as the prospective athletes experience it, when they arrive at the Cox Communication Center for Student Athletes. From the words of Walt Holliday, Director of Academic Center for Student Athletes, "it's a 54,000 square feet of building designed to get your mind right." You enter to learn, you leave to serve. Every time you come into the Center, is an opportunity to get better. You come in that morning and do your tasks, you leave better than when you came, every single time. These are things that are not necessarily an obligatory response, but become something that are implemented, mandated and expected from the student athletes. The reality is that it does take a village to raise a successful student athlete. So the success that we've had is not necessarily from "Kenneth Miles", it is all the people in the athletics building; it's the coaches, it's the Athletic Administrators, it's the Advisors working within the colleges, it's a host of individuals that are working for their success. When we talk about the success of our student athletes, please understand that it is from all of our efforts.
81% is the graduation success rate of LSU student athletes in 2014 and in 2013, consecutively. In 2008, when Dr. Miles came to LSU, the graduation success rate was 69%, and most recently, within the last two weeks, the graduation success rate of LSU student athletes was indicated to be now at 84%. This did not happen accidentally but by design. Dr. Miles went on to explain that his unit is literally assessing everything: programs, personnel and other critical factors to ensure LSU's optimal success. The vision of his unit is to be that premier resource for student athletes. The Cox Center for Student Athletes is a resource, to be used as a transformative process for students; they come in as young men and women and they leave as men and women. That is the expectation, the culture that is being creating there. The unit's vision is to help them maintain a balance between academic success and personal development.
Dr. Miles went on to discuss the foundation, values and intangibles of the Cox Center for Student Athletes, which include the concepts of team work, diversity, success, education, accountability and service. The goal of the Center is to graduate LSU's student athletes and prepare them with career planning, ensuring that by the time they leave, all the experience, resume and cover letter writing, LinkedIn Profiles, mock interviews, media training, public speaking, and media etiquette they understand the image of what it means to be an LSU Scholar Athlete. Dr. Miles also stressed the additional aims of promoting integrity, relationships, and professional development; equipping ourselves with the skills and confidence to help our student athletes.
Dr. Miles shared answers to common questions he's asked with regard to our student athletes and the degree completion rate. For our student athletes who leave college early to commence a professional career, LSU assists with their return to the University at a later time by having conversations prior to the athletes' departure, confirming the student is in good academic standing, and offering full tuition assistance upon their return. And at the end of the day, it's difficult for an athlete to pass up an opportunity to earn millions of dollars playing the sport they love. That's a reality, and we understand and support this. However, at the Cox Center for Student Athletes, Dr. Miles is preparing our gifted student athletes to also recognize that professional careers do not often have a lengthy duration, and their LSU education is a plan of action to be completed, once that career has ended.
Miles spoke about the Bengal Belles Academic Achievement Award which is given to those student athletes who are enrolled in graduate school with a 3.0 or higher prior to exhausting their athletic eligibility. What's interesting about that is students can be in graduate school and still compete. The Center always encourages our athletes to maximize use of scholarships to graduate on time or earlier, and even progress to graduate studies, if possible. For example, with many of our football athletes leaving the University prior to degree completion, the Center helps plan a 3.5 year matriculation plan, so the student knows precisely what classes are required upon their return, should they opt to for the draft. University policies such as residency and retention of catalog year are anticipated and advised within the context of this plan for the athlete as well.
The other question that Dr. Miles frequently receives is with regard to technology. Technology tends to be one of the two tools the Center uses as an educational guide. LSU is one of two schools to actually do this, according to Apple, as we use preloaded applications (app) on the IPad to be able to assist students in the classroom. Everything is intentional and by design. It's not enough to say, here's a tool go use it. The Center staff trains the student on what the app does, how it can help them in the classroom, to ensure success in the class.
Dr. Miles noted the growth in personnel, beginning with three learning specialist and now having seven; the most in the country. Evidence indicated student success is always linked to minimizing the ratio of students to advisors. All of these changes have been made with the intention of teaching our athletes to become autonomous people.
The floor was then opened for questions.
Q: What do you see for the future for student athletes?
A: Miles sees pros/cons for the future. He views the changes in the delivery of teaching methods as a challenge for athletes and all students. Online classes have a way of making someone think that they've got free time. And so they don't put forth the effort that is needed in those classes in order to be successful. When you think about a student athlete who is regulated by 20 hours per week, who can take as many online classes as the non-student, where are they going to spend a majority of their time? Another challenge he sees is the fact that while sports generate, in some cases, millions of dollars, some supplies and such are not covered by scholarships and grants, and are instead paid out of the student's pocket. Due to their commitment to their sport and academics many may not be able to go out and work to cover expenses.
Q: How do you weigh in on paying student athletes?
A: Dr. Miles' personal opinion suggests that we look at it the pay-for-play notion like a scholarship. Much like most scholarships, you have to be in good standing to receive it, which gives the student the incentive to stay in good academic standing. He thinks that everything that is earned for coaches and student athletes should be somewhat respective. What is the benefit for the people that are actually making this happen?
Q: What are the key characters that student athletes need, to be set up for success prior to coming here, and then can you share some stats as it is broken down by team, as some programs seem to have more strenuous requirements of the student athlete, whereas others are not as long of a program, like basketball which is year round?
A: Dr. Miles mentioned that when he thinks about key things needed for success which are noted according to research, the likelihood of persisting are familiar upbringing, high school preparation, social capital and culture capital. For instance looking at the educational rankings for the State of Louisiana, we are 48th including the district. The interesting thing about that is from a political policy aspect, we are graded a B+, but from the actual implementation of our policies, we are graded a D-, so what works in theory does not work in practice. Certain seasons do make it difficult, as some sports spend more time on the road than in the classroom, but all students must be treated equally. So to the Center builds a support structure to help them. Advisors travel with teams, students work with learning specialists to know what assignments need to be done while they are traveling, students can actually log into the Cox Center to join a live tutoring session as well, and they try to utilize all the technology they can, leveraging the ways they can learn and keep up-to-date. In addition to these tools, the Center has increased the number of smart boards in their office, created learning games, which plays upon the athletes' competitive natures.
Q: Has a trust been discussed instead of a student athlete being paid?
A: Some discussions have happened with the NCAA, to put money aside but then the question arises, what are the stipulations in order for them to receive money that they have already earned? Does having a degree equate to that? Do you put a number of years that someone has to stay? Do they have to be in good academic standing? There are programs that deal with a number of things that teach them about giving back to institutions through stewardship and donorship. Others teach the basics of financing, understanding an expense report with revenues and expenses, some others are teaching about investments.
Q: How do we better integrate our student athletes with the mainstream of the rest of the student body?
A: Dr. Miles mentioned by choice, student athletes do not intermingle with the rest of the University. The Academic Center utilizes its relationships with the various departments across the university to get our athletes better integrated. Student athletes are on a pretty tight schedule as well. Due to some of the restraints of the discipline, it can make participating in the usual parts of campus life difficult.
President Millican reported that on October 23, there was a Board of Supervisors meeting where Past-President Julie Perkins attended. Perkins reported that she attended the morning session as these meetings typically are held all day. The highlights included a presentation on the "Leveraging of LSU's Resources Through Strategic Partnerships" that focused on the transition of the Law School into the main campus, as well as some of the partnerships with Pennington Biomedical Center and the Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, to make sure that we continue to maximizing those opportunities and work together as One LSU. The online link was included in the report for further review. There is going to be a .2 to 2% fee increase implemented for students that will be dedicated to increase security on campus as well as increase mental health services for students on campus which Student Government supported. There was also a presentation on commercialization on research and what is coming out of the LIFT Funds. Some of the athletic revenue will be dedicated to renovating and expanding the football operations center along with Tiger Athletic Foundation. Also, the AgCenter is trying to create a USDA licensed veterinary biologic facility which will allow for two opportunities, it will create revenue for the space leased and we will also receive some of the revenue generated. One of the personnel actions that was significant was to approve President Alexander's contract extension through June 2020.
President Millican stated that on November 3, the Executive Committee began interviewing candidates for the Provost and Executive Vice President position. The Executive Committee, along with the Faculty Senate Executive Committee has met with Michelle Wheatly with the West Virginia University and was able to ask her some questions. She is an impressive candidate.
President Millican reported that on November 4, she and Secretary Barbara Reonas attended the APIC Committee Meeting which will be discussed later in the meeting. Millican also met with Faculty Senator, Gundela Hachmann, to discuss the situation with the LSU Child Care Center which will also be discussed later during the meeting.
President Millican reported that on November 4, the Executive Committee interviewed Interim Provost Rick Koubek for the Provost and Executive Vice President position.
President Millican shared that on November 10, she and President-Elect Trey Truitt attended a breakfast and conversation with President Alexander. Items of discussion included looking at the budget situation, many of LSU's successes and some ways that we can help, which she will send to the full Senate. The Executive Committee also interviewed John Valery White from Las Vegas, Nevada for the Provost and Executive Vice President position. After that meeting, the Executive Committee met to plan for today's meeting and set the agenda.
President Millican stated that on November 11, she had the pleasure of meeting with Student Government and NBBJ who is the firm doing the Campus Master Plan. They are developing a scope, so we had an opportunity to sit down with them to discuss some of the things to be included. They brought some wonderful ideas.
On November 12, the New Staff Reception was held, and went very well. Some of the groups who may not have been able to attend in the past are now being allowed to attend, as Staff Senate is being looked at as a legitimate organization on campus. The Executive Committee also interviewed John Murray Gibson with Northwestern University for the Provost and Executive Vice President position.
President Millican reported that on November 16, she attended the University Council on Gender Equity Meeting. She will discuss her findings later during the meeting today as well.
President Millican requested that committee updates be provided.
Staff Benefits, Policies and Development
Senator Godfrey reported that the Committee met on November 4. She thanked everyone who helped with the New Staff Reception held on November 12, at the BEC Rotunda. If anyone has any feedback, please submit this to the committee, as they will meet next week for discussion. Senator Aaron Cherry has been working on posting the PS-12 which outlines leave policies on Google Docs for all to review and provide feedback on the document. This will help provide an online dialogue for other groups on campus and with Human Resource Management.
Budget & Finance
President Millican announced that there will be a change, as Treasurer Michelle Lowery has quite a few commitments on campus, and Millican has agreed to chair this committee. She will send out a meeting notice soon to convene.
Governmental Relations
Senator Lopez reported that the Committee is waiting for the final elections to happen, being mindful of announcements of a special session that could happen. Once that has been announced, the committee will plan an event to come to the Capital.
President Millican announced that LSU has been working with the transition team for the new Governor which will be housed in Kirby Smith. We will take good care of them, which may help with planning an LSU Day at the Legislature.
Long Range Review and Planning
Senator Steib reported that the committee met on October 19, and Dr. Dereck Rovaris gave the committee an update on the Campus Climate Survey, which is scheduled to launch in the spring. This survey will obtain a lot of information to help the University as we look both at our Strategic Plan and other initiatives on campus, to address identified gaps and opportunities. For the rest of this semester, the committee will be reviewing the Strategic Plan to see which goals and objectives have been met and doing some reprioritization as we move into the spring.
President Millican requested committee updates be provided.
Holiday on Campus
President Millican thanked everyone who brought candy to donate for the children's goody bags to be handed out at the Holiday on Campus event. Senator Gomez reported that the committee met on November 10, and she wanted to thank everyone on the committee who is doing a "rock star job" with coordinating the event. She is really proud of the work that everyone is doing. She announced that Holiday on Campus will be held on Tuesday, December 1, from 6 -8pm in the LSU Student Union. She also announced that Senator Jennifer Springstead has signed up over 127 volunteers for the event. Everything is confirmed and we also have some nice new costumes, thanks to President Millican's husband's employer, who donated a Reindeer Costume and a Present costume. The candy that has been donated will be filled by, or at, the next committee meeting to be held on November 24. The marketing for the event has gone out, thanks to Senator Jacquelyn Craddock who worked on that. If you see the announcements on Facebook, please share it to help get the word out, either on your personal page or through your department. We are looking forward to a wonderful event. Millican indicated that she sent a broadcast request to Strategic Communications for all of the Staff Senate sponsored holiday events which should go out today. She encouraged everyone to post in their units.
President-Elect Truitt reported that the last committee meeting was cancelled. However, we are moving forward with the apparel project. The committee chose four different types of apparel for purchase and have samples for everyone who is interested to view and try on if needed before ordering. The samples will be in his office if you would like to drop by. We have the long sleeve, short sleeve polo style shirts and a vest option. He can circulate the sign-up sheet for those senators who shared an interest in purchasing, to make sure that it is accurate for sizes. Hopefully, we can get these items ordered before the New Year. He also announced, in partnership with the Holiday on Campus Committee, we ordered a promotional item which is purple tiger paw chip clip with the LSU Staff Senate's logo and website. Each family who attends the Holiday on Campus event will receive one and this item can be used throughout the year at events as a new initiative, including Human Resource Management giving one to every new employee who is hired at LSU, along with our other materials, to help them become familiar with the LSU Staff Senate.
Senator Hart reported that the Committee met on November 6, and set the dates for the Holiday Decorating Contest and the Candy Grams, which will be included in President Millican's Broadcast email and will also be posted on the website and social media. The theme is LSU Winter Wonderland for the decorating contest. President Millican encouraged Senators to consider helping with the assembly of the candy grams. We had over 400 candy grams during the last effort.
President Millican asked that liaison committee updates be provided.
Administrative Process Improvement
President Millican reported that the committee met and commented that this has been a very active committee since it started. Senator Reonas then summarized the committee's activities this month, with former Senator Donna Torres coming to address concerns about travel and the procurement system. As of November 1, LSU has been relieved of PPM 49, and with that, we have a memorandum of understanding with the Division of Administration that will allow us autonomy in administering our travel. They are going to partner with LSU on the RFP's for travel and LaCarte. They are going to carve out a portion for LSU and share the annual rebate on the procurement card. Veterinary Medicine will receive a portion of the rebate and the rest is going to be divided among different departments. We have to keep Shorts Travel and Bank of America until that contract comes back up and we will be keeping the same meal and lodging per diems at this time. We will also have to audit our own travel. Also, effective July 1, there are some things that will change with travel. You can now purchase preferred seats and they are going to put the approval to travel into the hands of your supervisors or whomever is fiscally responsible in your unit, which will make it easier to be approved. Each unit will be able to establish their travel policies. You can get GPS in rental cars now which will be approved. Also, the 99 mile limitation is no longer effective. They are willing to come to units and give training on travel if needed. She encouraged everyone to share with their colleagues and if you have an issue, please send a quick email to Donna Torres as soon as it happens, so a log can be created of all the issues that has happened which will help when renewing the contract. The website is also active for complaints or feedback. Senators were encouraged to submit any concerns or feedback via the website, in an effort to help resolve issues. Also, a frequently asked questions section is being developed for the website, and Senators were asked to specifically generate questions related to travel FAQ's or Guidelines for the infrequent traveler, to be included.
Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
Senator Dominic Adedeji announced that the meeting will be held tomorrow.
Bookstore Advisory
Senator Jon DeRoche announced that the meeting will be held tomorrow.
Campus Committee on Sustainability
President Millican reported that the first committee meeting was held on November 5. There is a variety of representation from academic, auxiliary and administration from across campus. We have begun breaking up into subcommittees to assign members to energy efficiency, recycling and other topics. More information to come as this reestablished committee gets going.
Campus Communicators
Senator Hendricks announced that the meeting will be held tomorrow.
Council of Staff Advisors
Past-President Perkins reported that the council met on October 22. Unfortunately we had extreme technical difficulties as we teleconference with the other campuses within the system. We will meet again on December 11 and use conference call instead of video conferencing. We are scheduled to meet with Board of Supervisors Chairman Board of Supervisors Chairman Ray Lasseigne and Chair-Elect Scott Ballard.
Dining Advisory
There is nothing to report.
Diversity Action Team
Senator Godfrey announced the next meeting is scheduled on November 20, 2015 at noon.
Facilities Design & Development
President Millican announced that at the November 12 meeting, the committee met with NBBJ regarding the scope of the Campus Master Plan.
Faculty Senate
Secretary Barbara Reonas reported that the Faculty Senate meeting was held on November 9, President Cope spoke about the Daily Reveille print version that they would like to see continue.
He also spoke about long queues at the Center for Testing and Evaluation coming to light and now being studied by the Office of the Provost, LSU's proposed outsourcing of data storage and quality concerns, the search for Linda Bonin's replacement in the Office of Strategic Communication, and several other updates. There were also presentations from Brandon Smith regarding the United Way and Kenneth Miles gave a similar presentation that we heard today. Carol O'Neil, who is the Director of LSU Discover, gave a presentation on the workshop series and spoke about LSU Discover Day which will be held on April 7, 2016. There was also a presentation by Senator Gundela Hachmann regarding the LSU Child Care Center and the potential private partnership. Also Gabrielle Triche who is the Academic Affairs Chair with Student Government gave a presentation on students developing an Honor Code for themselves perhaps calling it the Tiger Creed or LSU Commitment to Honor and would basically be an affirmation of students against cheating and plagiarism, etc. There were also first readings of three resolutions which were included in the meeting packet.
Food Pantry Oversight
Senator Godfrey announced that she spoke with Jennie Stewart who said they are in need right now as we go into the holiday season. She encouraged departments to hold a Thanksgiving collection drive for canned meat, cereal, powdered milk, canned fruit and macaroni and cheese before next Wednesday for those students in need, or for those who may not have food service during the Thanksgiving Holiday.
There is nothing to report.
Office of Group Benefits
There is nothing to report.
Parking Appeals
There is nothing to report.
University Council on Gender Equity
President Millican shared that one of the areas of focus this year is the wage gap. She invited everyone to attend a Holiday Forum called, Closing the Gaps, Women and Minorities in Leadership, A Panel Discussion on December 9, 2015, from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in the Journalism Building. Light refreshments will be provided. They are looking to see what peer institutions are doing about this. Millican and two other committee members have been tasked with wage gap education, which will look at different ways to educate students, staff and faculty about that wage gap, its causes and common myths. There is another subcommittee working on Women in Leadership. She will forward the invitation to the full Senate. There will also be Women of Color Leadership Panel scheduled in February.
University High Risk Travel
There is nothing to report. There are maybe one or two a month sent for review.
University Planning Council
There is not anything further to report with regards to the information included in the President's Report.
Staff Senate Gift Fund (Reminder to Please Contribute at the Meeting)
President Millican encouraged senators to contribute to the Gift Fund. Voluntary contributions are $10 per year, per senator.
The guidelines for giving are:
· Death - send flowers ($50) upon death of a current senator or former senator, and for current senator's immediate family members.
· Wedding - appropriate gift, cost not to exceed $30 (current senators).
· Babies - send flowers or gift - $30 (current senators).
· Retirement – send an acknowledgement for current senators as well as former senators.
Please make checks payable to LSU and memo the Staff Senate Gift Fund.
Senator Name Tags
President Millican announced that the name tags have been approved and ordered.
New Staff Reception
President Millican thanked the Staff Benefits, Policies and Development Committee Members for doing a fantastic job with planning the New Staff Reception. Everything went smoothly and everyone who attended really enjoyed it.
Performance Evaluation
President Millican announced that she received an email from Ryan Landry for Staff Senate feedback with regards to Policy Statement 39 which is the performance evaluations for classified, unclassified and other academic employees. LSU is proposing a combined staff performance management policy which has been drafted. She will forward the draft to the full Senate for any feedback, suggestions or comments. She would like to compile and send to Ryan Landry by Friday so they can take into account as they work to begin changing how this policy statement is set up.
LSU Child Care Center
President Millican announced that she sent an email to the full Senate explaining what is currently going on with the Child Care Center. Senator Ramon Lopez has attended the first meeting that was held this week and he will give us an update.
Senator Lopez reported that on October 26, 2015, it was first identified that the LSU Child Care Center was in plans for privatization, having been announced by Auxiliary Services and Finance and Administration in a CCC parent meeting. During that time, Faculty Senate and Staff Senate raised questions about the process and also requested representation on the committee discussing this. He and Faculty Senator Gundela Hachman were requested by President Millican to be included on the committee through Vice President Dan Layzell. A Student Government representative has also been invited to serve. Up to that point, there was no review committee formed. Through some additional communication, they were able to get the College of Human Sciences and Education as well as Health Center involved. The first committee meeting was held November 16, 2015 which went well. Up to that point, the committee's role was not really established. Originally it was supposed to be just a review of the Solicitation for Offers (SFO) proposals when they came in, but thanks to this meeting, not only is Finance and Administration in conversations with the College of Education, so the College of Human Sciences and Education is potentially looking at taking over the administration of the Child Care Center. They will find out the result of those conversations sometime in December. At that point, if they do decide to go with an SFO, he will have to sign a confidentiality agreement and will not be able to discuss further. He thanked the Staff Senate Executive Committee for their support on this. The Child Care Center has been very important on campus since 2004, which Staff Senate helped create. He thanked Senator Summer Steib on her reporting from 2012 on the Child Care needs at LSU which really helped when working with administration. He also thanked Faculty Senator Gundela Hachman who took the initiative with calling different universities that were listed as examples and speaking with their Human Resource Director to get very detailed information to bring to the committee. This has been a great partnership with Faculty Senate.
Q: Is Senator Lopez's role on the committee as a parent or LSU Staff Senator?
A: When President Millican made the request with Dan Layzell, he stipulated that it be a parent as well as a Senator. Senator Lopez mentioned that his primary role will be to look at the needs of the employees on campus as a Staff Senator. He also requested that a representative from the Parent Advisory Committee be included but unfortunately was told no.
Q: Did they say why a parent representative would not be included.
A: Not specifically.
President Millican asked that if anyone is, or was, a parent of a child who attended the Child Care Center, please send any issues that you had, or that would be helpful, to Senator Lopez, who can bring that information to the committee anonymously.
Staff Senate Budget
Treasurer Lowery circulated an updated balance sheet for the Staff Senate accounts. She reported that:
Bursar Account (Gift Fund) - $168.61
LSU Foundation Accounts:
Fee Support Scholarship - $13,166.93
Holiday on Campus Support Fund - $2,635.47
Scholarship Award - $4,084.98
Support Fund - $225.93
State Account (Operating Budget) $5,685.75
Total Budget: $25,967.67
President Millican sent out a request from Student Government regarding care packages being put together for our soldiers who are currently serving. She has charged the Staff Senate with gathering items for three packages. She will send everyone the list of items and if you would like to contribute, please bring those items to her or Melonie Milton at the Staff Senate Office. We have to get these items to Student Government by next Wednesday. This is a wonderful and worthy thing to do for our soldiers as Staff Senate.
Senator Accomplishment
President Millican shared that Senator Ramon Lopez was featured in an article for his work to help non-traditional students feel welcome and comfortable at LSU.
President Millican wanted to congratulate Brian Ainsworth for being named the 2015 Sales and Marketer of the year. A well-deserved honor for someone who always gives of himself and leads his statewide business development team through coaching and building relationships. Campus Federal is lucky to have him a part of the team! Way to go Brian!
Staff Senator Birthdays
President Millican announced that Senator Aaron Cherry celebrated his birthday on November 7. "Happy Birthday."
Dr. Dereck Rovaris would like to announce a response or statement that he has issued with regard to the situation that has happened at the University of Missouri.
As an institution we are far from perfect when it comes to the myriad of diversity issues. However we are so far ahead of the many recent concerns being raised by students across the country. There are demands for cultural centers, race and gender studies, open dialogue with administration, representation at homecoming, and even chief diversity officers! We are doing all of these things and so much more. Last night our chief diversity officer along with several administrators met until 9:30pm with a slightly diverse group of about 120 concerned students, to participate in small group discussions on race. An enlightened evening showcased our ability to have open dialogue, especially since the administrators did most of the listening. Last week a similar discussion took place, and later this week Dr. Alexander will have breakfast with a group of diverse student leaders to further engage our community.
The past two years our student body has elected students from diverse backgrounds for homecoming king and queen: including black students, a Vietnamese student, and a student with a disability who is also an international student from the South Sudan. They are all wonderful people, chosen by their peers. Our nearly new Women's Center and African American Cultural Center are bursting at the seams and often inadequate to accommodate the various groups that utilize these facilities. Our African and African American Studies program and our Women and Gender studies program have both seen steady enrollment in many of their course offerings. We also took a major step forward by introducing an LGBT minor last fall.
These are but a few of the things that we do, and we do well. There are certainly more diverse issues that we already address that we find many students still clamoring for at other campuses. Yet, we've "still got many miles to go before we sleep". From confederate flags, buildings named after segregationists and slavers, homophobic displays and retorts, underrepresented diversity of our faculty and administration, the list could go on. There remains much work to be done. We must continue our efforts to support diversity in all of its richness here at LSU. Some of our sister institutions are being harshly reminded to do the same. Our built-in advantage is our already existing commitment to diversity and our ongoing open relationship with our most important constituents, our students. Diversity is good for everyone.
This is how we feel about diversity here at LSU. We are not perfect but we are doing a good job. President Alexander sent out a similar broadcast message to everyone.
President Millican announced that the Center for Academic Success is proud to announce its recent certification as a national Learning Center of Excellence. The CAS is one of only two learning centers in the nation to ever receive this prestigious honor awarded to those who surpass the highest standards. The CAS has been helping students achieve academic success for over 25 years through services such as tutoring, supplemental instruction and learning strategies. The center serves all LSU students and receives over 70,000 visits each year. Thank you to the Shell Oil Company, campus partners, CAS tutors, SI leaders, and staff for their dedication to helping LSU students achieve their dreams.
Please join them to celebrate on Friday, November 20th from 4 – 5:30 p.m. at the Shell Tutorial Center in 141 Middleton Library. Refreshments will be served.
President Millican announced that Treasurer Lowery has a set of ornaments, compliments of the LSU Foundation, for all Staff Senators.
MOTION TO ADJOURN – With there being no more business, President-Elect Trey Truitt moved to adjourn. The motion, seconded by Senator Aaron Cherry, carried. The meeting adjourned before noon.
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Decades of Dispossession - What Now?
That's the theme of the 2017 Witness Palestine Film Festival as we remember the perpetuation of Palestinian dispossession over:
100 years since the Balfour Declaration added an important Western nation's voice for colonizing Palestine
70 years since the Nakba and ethnic cleansing of Palestine began following the partition of the land against the will of the indigenous people
50 years of Israel's military occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem
More than 10 years of Israel's blockade of Gaza after removal of Israel's occupation
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We're not advocating any particular solution for people in the Middle East. They're of course fully capable of self-determination in these decisions.
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The Witness Palestine Film Festival doesn't have a decade anniversary to celebrate; we're six years old – yet we hope that you will support the Festival events, continuing to participate, and learn just as you have for the past six years.
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It will be available at a recommended retail price of SGD$268.00 from July 26, at M1, Singtel, Starhub and other LG authorized resellers.
For more details, here's the link – http://www.lg.com/global/gwatch/index.html.
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"Bob Perelman's poems read Francie Shaw's paintings to reveal the persistence and absurdity of desire, its compact dangers... These poems are somehow both pithy and mysterious, merciless and subtle—as are the paintings." - Rae Armantrout
"Exploring the space where terror and comfort, pleasure and pain are overlaid, I have done a series of 52 paintings using three small figures, two per painting, in various provocative and ambiguous poses. The figures are familiar toys: a bendable person (either a male or a female) and a plastic dinosaur. The paintings are done in a light style similar to ink brush drawings, in blue paint on high gloss white, reminiscent of Delft tiles. The paintings are metaphorical in that each gesture or pose suggests an often contradictory variety of emotional meanings. The relationship displayed can be read as between 2 figures or between different parts of oneself. At the same time they are clearly paintings of toys. The 52 paintings as a whole do not form any narrative progression; instead, each painting poses a variation of some basic questions: is this play or struggle, or both at once, who is carrying whom, who is in control?" - Francie Shaw, describing the project
Playing Bodies is a work in poetry and paintings by Bob Perelman and Francie Shaw. This work is, at once, a deeply specific, personal account and an undesignated construction which provides the perfect space on which to project our own ideas of self. The series of fifty-two paintings by Shaw and fifty-two poems by Perelman reflect an intensely united collaboration. Playing Bodies is a conversation between poet and painter, artists and readers which rewards in a more profound way than simple repartee. There is a plaintive depth below the surface of clean intelligence and that pitch of feeling is what makes this a complex investigation. This artists' book features an introduction by Susan Stewart.
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Sin is quite sure to cause sorrow; and the longer the sorrow is delayed, the heavier it will be when it comes. This ship may be long at sea, but it will come home at last with a terrible cargo. There was never a man who broke the law of God who did not have to rue it in the end.
"Men shall be blessed in him." Oh sirs, if one had the tongues of men and of angels, and if one could only for once use that speech which it is not lawful for a man to utter, if we could even speak as never man yet spoke, we could not fully describe all the glories of him of whom this text speaks.
When the human mind is on the stretch of emotion, whether it is under the influence of grief or joy, it often thinks that the whole world is in sympathy with itself. It seems to wrap the mantle of the universe all around its spiritual nature as a garment.
You cannot have Christ if you will not serve him. If you take Christ, you must take him in all his characters, not only as Friend, but also as Master; and if you are to become his disciple, you must also become his servant. I hope that no one here kicks against that truth.
Seeing what love had done, and seeing how love comes back in return, I said within myself, when love has learned its way into one heart, it scatters its seed and multiplies in the hearts of hundreds more. Love fosters love; let it once begin, and no one can tell its end.
In a thousand respects, God is greater than man; but the Lord here puts this truth most prominently forward, that he is "God, and not man," in that he is infinitely more forbearing, infinitely more tender, infinitely more ready to pass by offences than any man ever can be.
I mean to dwell specifically on those words at the end of the verse, "Be it to you even as you wish"; but before we consider them, I should like to remind you again, as I did in the reading, that our Lord admired this woman's faith. He said to her, "Oh woman, great is your faith."
Being the Lord's children, and being saved, they become his servants, and as his servants they are under responsibility to God, and they will all have to give to him an account of their stewardship.
The Saviour was about to leave his disciples, and this was the hardest trial which they had ever experienced. Since there could be no trial to them like the loss of the Saviour's presence, it was at this time Jesus gave them his richest consolation.
I believe that, if our Saviour had not been the atoning sacrifice, if his sufferings had been merely those of a martyr, he would have quaffed to the very dregs the cup that was offered him, and would not have left any of it. The reason why he refused the cup, I think, is to be found in another thing altogether.
This is a versicle from the Song of Songs, and I do not hesitate to say that it is the soul and heart of that divine composition. The bride dressed in her richest posey wears no jewel more precious than this diamond of full assured possession. There is poetry here which not one of the sons of music can excel.
There are very narrow limits to our knowledge. There is a great breadth to our conceit; but the things that we really know are very few, after all. He who is wisest will be the first to confess his own ignorance. Our faith in the superior knowledge of God is a great source of comfort to us.
It is good that our dear brethren should make a proper account of us. Paul says, in the verse preceding our text, "Let a man so account of us," for there are some who make a wrong evaluation concerning the ministers of the gospel.
I want some of you to go back in thought to your early days when you were children in grace; indeed, go back even further than that, to the time of your spiritual birth, those first hours when your love for your Lord was true and fervent, and everything all around you was fresh and bright and joyful.
I want some of you to go back in thought to your early days when you were children in grace; indeed, go back even further than that, to the time of your spiritual birth, those first hours when your love for your Lord was true and fervent, and everything all around you was fresh and bright and joyful.
All men are not godly. Alas! the ungodly are the great majority of the human race. And all men who are to some extent godly are not equally godly. The man who fears God, and desires to truly know him, has some little measure of godliness.
It is the prophet Jeremiah, in his Book of Lamentations, who says to you who are seeking the Lord, "The Lord is good to the soul that seeks him." You do not need to take any discount off his words of cheer. Depend on it, what he says is true.
If you are trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ, you may take these precious words home for yourself, and you may live on them; you may eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and rejoice in all the refreshment that they bring to your spirit.
The centurion did not ask Jesus to come down and heal him, but the Saviour at once replied, "I will come and heal him." This was more than the centurion had asked for; he had pleaded for the healing of his slave, but he had not expected the personal presence of the glorious Master.
What misery of soul some people endure before they find peace with God! There is no need that it should be so with them; their anguish often arises from a mistake. The gospel is very simple; it is just, — "Believe and live." He who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ is not condemned.
There was scarcely any bad thing which the court of Saul did not attribute to David; but he was upright before God, and he dared to challenge the investigation of the Most High, for he was sincere and true to the core.
Are any of you here broken down under a sense of sin? Then I am glad that I have such good news for you as my text contains. It is for sinners that Jesus bled and died. It is for you who are conscious of your great guiltiness that the fulness and the freeness of his grace are revealed.
It is something when a man truly knows that there is a God. Behind the doubt of the existence of God, many men shield themselves, and permit themselves to indulge in iniquities of which they might be ashamed if they did not make a cloak of their atheism.
You will perceive that there was an exhortation to John to "Write." Why was he especially to write these words down? I conceive that it was, first, because the information recorded here was valuable: "Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb."
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We here at the MIDNIGHT RAVER BLOG continue to conduct extensive research in order to add to the existing archive of Peter Tosh performances, interviews, appearances, and other media. Part of this archiving effort involves bringing to light Peter Tosh performances that are not currently documented in the archive.
We previously located a concert review for a Tosh performance at the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, South Carolina on August 1, 1981. We also identified the previously unknown venue that Tosh performed at in Philadelphia, PA on March 6, 1979: The Walnut Street Theatre at 825 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. In addition, we have also been able to correct many mis-dated shows throughout multiple years.
Here we present a concert review published in the Milwaukee Journal on February 27, 1979 which critiques Tosh's performance the previous night (February 27, 1979) at the Palms night club in Milwaukee, WI. There is currently no published record of this show that we could find.
The reviewer, Daniel P. Kelly, discusses a crowd of 600 people, angry over having to wait until 11:15 p.m. for Tosh to take the stage, and an even angrier Tosh, who "stalked" the Palms stage and "spat out" songs. Acccording to the review, Tosh, backed by Sly, Robbie, and The Tamlins, played a 70-minute set which opened with "400 Years."
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How odd it is to hear an artist you respect and appreciate suggest she doesn't have the pipes to tackle her words.
"If I had the money, I don't even know if I would be singing my own songs," says rapper/singer/poet Dessa, a solo artist and member of Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree. "I think I have a really vast imagination for lyricism, but I don't have a limitless voice. So a lot of times it's finding out what the instrument will let me do with the ideas."


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EarthBound, also known as EarthBound: The War Against Giygas! and released as Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushū (MOTHER2 ギーグの逆襲, Mazā Tsū: Gīgu no Gyakushū?) in Japan, is a role-playing video game co-developed by Ape and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super NES video game console. Both releases have semi-alternate titles identified in the game's attract demo: "EarthBound: The War Against Giygas!" for EarthBound and "Mother 2: Gyiyg Strikes Back!" for Mother 2, the latter considered an official translation of its title. It was designed by Shigesato Itoi, who also developed its predecessor, the Japan-exclusive Mother. EarthBound was released in Japan on August 27, 1994, and in North America on June 5, 1995 as a stand-alone title. Despite being successful in Japan, the North American version was released to poor commercial response. Despite the poor sales figures, the game has been lauded by gamers for its humorous depictions of American culture and parody of the role-playing video game genre, and has since become a cult classic.
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Essex Success Regime: Progress update - 22nd January 2016
Essex has been designated a Success Regime by NHS England.
The Success Regime is a national initiative designed to support the most challenged health and care systems across the country.
NHS England are working in partnership with Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority to develop an Essex Success Regime plan for mid and south Essex. This is a two to three year programme of change to ensure hospitals, GP surgeries and other NHS service providers work together to address deep-rooted pressures and secure high quality, joined-up care for people.
Essex Success Regime Progress Update (number 1 - 22nd January 2016) from NHS England provides a recap on what has happened so far, the aims of the programme, who is involved and the next steps; with details on how people can get involved and help to shape future.
Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group is a member of the Essex Success Regime System Leaders Group which will lead the transforming of the local health and care system to ensure high quality joined up care for the future. Key elements of this include:
improvements on working together, joined up services planned around individuals and local populations, and changes to urgent and emergency care to improve provision and access.
The Essex Success Regime is currently defining goals, milestones, areas for improvement, and plans for implementation. These will be published ready for the next phase of discussion with key stakeholders, local bodies and community representatives from March 2016 onwards.
For more detailed information and contacts for further information please see the Essex Success Regime Progress Update.


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Hong Kong has a range of programs aimed at providing early childhood education and other support to disadvantaged children. Although all kindergartens in Hong Kong are run privately, the government provides vouchers to cover kindergarten school fees for low-income parents. Additionally, the government has built specific kindergarten facilities in public housing estates to ensure access to these programs; these schools are also eligible for government rent discounts. For students at the primary and secondary levels, the government provides school lunch subsidies as well as a Community Care Fund dedicated to creating cross-boundary learning experiences to expand the perspectives of low-income students. Other programs include after-school learning and support classes, the Committee on Home-School Cooperation, the Health School Policy and crisis management guidance. These programs are dedicated to educating parents about the importance of their role in their child's education, promoting physical wellbeing and intervening in troubled situations.
For students who are new to Hong Kong, the government funds a six-month full-time initiation program in order to help students integrate into their community and education system before being placed in public schools. For students who do not speak Chinese upon arrival, the government has designated 19 primary and 9 secondary schools as Chinese Language Learning Support Centers. These schools have additional curricular resources and run summer bridge programs and after-school Chinese classes.
Hong Kong also recognizes that some students have special needs. Special education in Hong Kong takes place both in mainstream schools and in special school facilities; additionally, there is one hospital school that operates classes at 18 different hospitals. Physicians and specialists measure the nature of each child's needs or disabilities, and students are placed into the appropriate program based on expert recommendation and with parental consent. The government provides funding for special school as well as special education programs within mainstream schools; the Education Bureau also provides resources for teachers and administrators in mainstream schools to help them serve this population. As of 2008, there is also a five-year professional development program for teachers interested in learning more about educating students with special needs. Hong Kong considers many types of disability, from learning, emotional or behavioral difficulties to physical impairment, to be "special educational needs."
The Hong Kong Education Bureau's (EDB) statistics indicate that as of the 2010-2011 school year, 7,803 of 780,849 students in the Hong Kong school system were classified as "special education" – just under 1%.
Low-Performing Schools
Because students are able to attend their school of choice if they meet the admissions requirements, there tends to be a divide between these "choice" schools with pre-selected student bodies and the local schools that students attend because they did not or could not choose another school. Unsurprisingly, the majority of these schools are in low-income areas and often near public housing. The government seeks to redress some of these inequalities through the national curriculum guidelines, standardizing classroom content; teacher networking between schools in order to share best practices; an increase in the overall level of education new teachers need in order to become qualified to teach; placement assistance for students and parents navigating the school choice process; and subsidies for students who cannot afford school fees.


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After all of the hype, mystery and excitement, the much anticipated "Twin Peaks" revival is under way on Showtime. Gold Derby is presenting exclusive weekly video recaps with our staff of writers and editors to discuss each episode in detail. This week I am once again joined by contributing writers Charles Bright and Zach Laws (watch the slugfest above) to debate the labyrinthine storylines and bizarre plot twists of "The Return, Parts 3 & 4."
All three of us declare our admiration for both episodes, despite them being at times difficult to follow and also so different to each other. Much of episode three was a captivating and at times nightmarish series of bizarre dialogue-free scenes as Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) encounters an eye-less woman in a strange dark room. Episode four cuts between the creepy Bob-possessed Cooper and his first encounter with Agent Gordon Cole (played by David Lynch), scenes back in Twin Peaks with some of the characters from the original series, and a new storyline where Cooper (or another doppelgänger of Cooper) appears to have now taken on yet another identity as Dougie Jones, alongside new cast member and "Mulholland Drive" alum Naomi Watts. These two installments also star the late Miguel Ferrer, David Duchovny, Robert Forster, Michael Cera, Kimmy Robertson, Harry Goaz, Dana Ashbrook, Michael Horse, and Russ Tamblyn.
"My initial reaction after I finished episode four was whether the real mystery of this season of Twin Peaks is 'What in God's name is any of this about?," Charles declares. "I kind of see where this is going, but the real irony here is that we've had four episodes and roughly not even 10 percent of it has actually taken place in Twin Peaks."
'Twin Peaks: The Return' recap: Kyle MacLachlan does the Dougie in head-scratching 'Part 3'
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"I am still incredibly captivated and intrigued by it," Zach agrees. "But especially in that third episode I found myself saying a lot, what the 'bleep' is going on here?"
"I am very much desperately trying to work out what the hell is happening," was my initial reaction as well. "I'm loving it, but I want to know more."
I also recall something Zach said in our last chat, where "this show and other David Lynch projects are such visceral representations of what dreams feel like or the dream state. Could there have been a more amazing approximation of what a dream feels like than this episode? I mean really, I was blown away by the beginning of this episode."
Zach adds that that "it was like watching a nightmare unfold in front of you… I don't know quite how to explain it and I don't know what it means, but I am riveted by it. And Charles remarks that "it was so bizarre and random. The thing with Lynch is that we don't know if we are going to get a payoff," he says. "That's part of the intrigue to keep on watching. All of the weird stuff that you see, you never know, and sometimes you've just got to go with it… We've had more dialogue here than the entire first four hours!"
Fans of "Twin Peaks" will have to wait until next year to see if the show can make an impact at the Emmys (as it is not eligible for Emmy consideration this season). In the meantime, be sure to make your Emmy predictions. Weigh in now with your picks so that Hollywood insiders can see how their TV shows and performers are faring in our Emmy odds. You can keep changing your predictions until just before nominees are announced on July 13. And join in the fierce debate over the 2017 Emmys taking place right now with Hollywood insiders in our TV forums. And visit our home page for the latest in entertainment news.
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